The birth of Camp Jackson :a collection of photographs, maps and papers documenting the development of Camp Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina. Including a discussion of the need for training camps and soldiers in World War I, the offer presented by the city of Columbia to the Army to help fill that need, the construction of Camp Jackson and the structures built there, the units and people who populated the camp, and the training that converted [the] average American citizens into the world's greatest soldiers /

by: Fort Jackson, South Carolina :U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum,; U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum compiler

Publication date: 2016

Topics: United States. Army, United States. Army, Military bases, World War, 1914-1918, Basic training (Military education)

Publisher: Fort Jackson, South Carolina : U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum

Collection: uffamilysearch; univ_florida_smathers; americana

Digitizing sponsor: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries

Contributor: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries

Language: English

Shipping list no.: 2016-0034-S

1. The Need - A background of the war in Europe, why the United States entered the war in 1917, and how the United States answered the need for trained Soldiers -- 2. The Offer - An account of how Columbia solicited the Army to build a military cantonment in the middle of South Carolina -- 3. The Construction - A history of how a cantonment for 44,000 Soldiers was built in less than six months -- 4. The Buildings - A description of the buildings and infrastructure constructed at Camp Jackson to train an Army -- 5. The Units - A record of the units who passed through Camp Jackson from June 1917 to October 1919 -- 6. The People - A listing of the significant people who populated Camp Jackson during the Great War -- 7. The Training - A brief sketch of the training that was necessary to mold average American citizens into the world's greatest infantry and artillery Soldiers

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No copyright page found. This is a new book with a tight binding. The narrow margins caused by the tight binding obscure portions of some illustrations.